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Google’s ‘Area 120’ Launches its New Travel Guide Website
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Google’s ‘Area 120’ Launches its New Travel Guide Website

Google's in-house start-up incubator "Area 120" has launched a travel guide website known as "Touring Bird" that lists tours, attractions and activities for travellers and tourists in popular travel destinations. "Area 120" is a workshop for the tech giant's experimental products. As of now, the platform provides information about 20 cities including New Delhi, Prague, Chicago, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin and Las Vegas among others. However, they are planning to increase their coverage in the coming months. "When you select a destination city, you'll see popular attractions, suggested tours and activities along with prices, options for free guided tours and recommendations from locals and travel bloggers," Touring Bird website said in a statement. The app consists of a "build-you...
Google Launches Blog Compass App for Indian Bloggers
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Google Launches Blog Compass App for Indian Bloggers

India is emerging as an important market for various businesses and with this, Google is also continuing with its focus on the Indian market with the launch of an app to serve the need of Indian bloggers with an app called “Blog Compass.” After launching apps like Tez for payments, Areo for food ordering, Neighbourly for communities, data-friendly versions of apps like Search and YouTube, and others, the company is all set to serve the needs of the Indian web users even more. The new mobile application is listed on the Google Play Store as 'exclusive to India'. It is compatible with WordPress and Blogger.com blogs. This app helps bloggers manage their sites and find topics to write about based on Google’s trending topics.     Also, the app helps bloggers in man...
YouTube Originals is Coming to India with AR Rehman’s Show
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YouTube Originals is Coming to India with AR Rehman’s Show

The most popular video streaming platform YouTube which is owned by Google is introducing its YouTube Originals to India in partnership with music maestro A.R. Rahman for its first such show in the country. After Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, YouTube is also bringing in 'Originals' for the Indian audience. Meanwhile, the India originals will be on the company’s ad-supported platform. But it will, gradually, launch an ad-free subscription service called YouTube Premium. "Affordable data costs are driving video consumption in India, data usage is about 8 GB a month per subscriber. This has pushed online video consumption as well, which is now about 75% of all mobile traffic as per industry reports," said YouTube India Head of Entertainment Satya Raghavan.  Satya Raghavan also stated t...
Skype Launches the Much Awaited Feature of Call Recordings
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Skype Launches the Much Awaited Feature of Call Recordings

Skype, the most popular and the oldest social networking platform for video calls has reportedly introduced the most awaited call recording feature on its platform. Skype has always been the communication tool of choice for millions but it has always lacked a basic feature that many of those millions had requested i.e call recording. Well, the company has finally come up with the feature and recording has now been launched on Skype on both desktop and mobile. However, this feature is available only in the latest version of the app on every platform except Windows 10. But it is expected to be introduced on that in the coming few weeks. To record a call on Skype, you just need to be on a call and press the plus sign on the lower right and then select “Start recording.” The people yo...
Amazon Launches Hindi Version of its App and Website
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Amazon Launches Hindi Version of its App and Website

The leading e-commerce platform Amazon has announced the launch of its first Hindi version of the Android app and website. This move has been primarily taken to make deeper footprints into India’s fast-growing e-commerce market, boosting up its battle with Walmart’s Flipkart. This move clearly signifies the importance of the Indian market in the e-commerce sector. With the addition of Hindi language support, Amazon looks to capture a wider audience in the country. Also, a notable thing is that the app does not need to be updated to make use of this new feature. “What we believe is, Amazon.in in Hindi is a critical step to actually address the next 100 million customers,” Manish Tiwary, vice president (category management) at Amazon India stated. The language button now has the option ...
Haier Launches Smartphone-enabled Laundry Service in India
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Haier Launches Smartphone-enabled Laundry Service in India

Consumer electronics and home appliances player Haier has reportedly announced the launch of first-of-its-kind Haier Smart Laundry services in India. This particular service is a unique smartphone-enabled laundry service, which provides fully automated IoT enabled implementation. This is controlled fully through the "Haier Wash App". Under this service, the users can easily reserve, schedule, monitor and pay for the services from their phones. This offers an end-to-end digitally managed washing experience. All the washing machines are connected to the cloud and can be individually managed from the app. With the help of the Haier Wash App, the users will also be guided throughout the washing process. The app will remind them to take their clothes out after the washing is completed....
Micromax to Make a Comeback in India with its Subsidary ‘YU’
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Micromax to Make a Comeback in India with its Subsidary ‘YU’

The Indian smartphone maker Micromax which became dormant in the Indian smartphone market due to decreased demand, after the entry of Chinese players like Xiaomi, Oppo etc in the mid-range smartphone segment, is now attempting a comeback with a new lineup of devices under its 'YU' brand. The homegrown player is now looking to regain its hold in the hyper-competitive Indian smartphone market. Micromax co-founder Vikas Jain stated that the Indian smartphone market has witnessed an extensive modification in the last few quarters, especially after Reliance Jio launched its services in 2016. "From low connectivity, the country is now among the highest consumers of data globally. And with that, consumer preferences for devices have also evolved. So, over the past few quarters, we went back t...
Google Assistant Can Now Speak Two Languages at a Time
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Google Assistant Can Now Speak Two Languages at a Time

With the voice commands and voice assistants taking up a major role in the technology race, the Google’s assistant is adapting the ability to speak with you in two languages without having to switch accounts. With this new modification, Google Home and Android smartphone owners will be able to speak in any two of the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese. The Google Assistant will then reply in the language of the query it's answering. Compared to us mortals that have to undergo processes such as Effortless English accent training in order to learn new languages, Google's voice assistants just know languages automatically. It was in February that the company stated that it is working on this feature, but since then there were no updates about it ...
Facebook Launches Video-on-Demand Service Facebook Watch
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Facebook Launches Video-on-Demand Service Facebook Watch

With all the social media platforms coming up with various innovations, Facebook has also introduced its Facebook Watch video-on-demand service for all users. With this particular feature, the users can view video on different categories like sports, news, entertainment along with videos from content creators. Facebook Watch will provide an experience similar to that of YouTube where users can comment and react to videos on real time. This feature was first launched in 2017 in the US, however, now it will be available for all the users. The company is basically launching the Watch service globally to boost its advertisement revenue. "Taking Watch global also means new opportunities for creators and publishers around the world. We’re expanding our Ad Breaks program so more partners can ...
These are the Best VR Experiences in 5 Years
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These are the Best VR Experiences in 5 Years

If one thing has become clear about virtual reality in the last two years, it’s that it’s going to take time to develop into what we all want it to be. Right off the bat VR was capable of some awfully impressive things, and it has definitely gotten better over the course of roughly two-and-a-half years of public attention. Even now though, in mid-2018, VR can feel vaguely lacking - as if we’re right on the cusp of something truly incredible, but we haven’t quite gotten there yet. In the coming years, VR is going to wow us through headlines across all walks of life. It’s going to facilitate breakthroughs in healthcare, and it’s going to restructure certain kinds of education and training. It may change how we watch sports, and help us to visit faraway places in a way that feels real. Eve...
Poco F1 All Set to Launch Today, Things You Need to Know Before Purchase
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Poco F1 All Set to Launch Today, Things You Need to Know Before Purchase

Xiaomi with its mid-range smartphones has created a great impact on the Indian smartphone market for a few years, and now, the company has taken a step forward and forayed into the premium smartphone market with its new sub-brand called Poco. And thus, ‘Poco By Xiaomi’ today is launching its first ever smartphone in India known as the Poco F1. The smartphone will be available exclusively on Flipkart and mi.com and the sale will start at 12 pm today.     CASHBACKS AND OFFERS:   - Following the launch of the Poco F1, both Mi.com and Flipkart, customers who own HDFC Bank Credit and/or Debit cards will receive a Rs 1,000 cashback with the purchase the Poco F1. The cashback will also be available for those who choose No Cost EMI options with this phone. - Along w...